Chapter 15: The Thoughtful Man
The officials who came to visit the camp in Linguicheng were not high-ranking officials such as Guangxi governors, or commanders. They were only representatives sent by the Third and Fourth Yamen, and most of them were subordinate officials. They brought condolences in the city, but there were very few items to reward the army, including only two pigs, four sheep, and six ox carts of food, which were like routine business.
Chen Xi personally met the visiting officials, Su Jingyang and Wang He accompanied the military on behalf of the military, and Liu Jin also attended the meeting, but Zhang Yong chose to avoid it.
Chen Xi could understand that the General Administration and the Censorate Department sent low-level officials over there. After all, civil officials were used to being arrogant, but the Guangxi Commander Department only had the experience of being the sixth rank. In Shen Xi's opinion, this was abnormal, which shows that Guangxi localities were dissatisfied with him.
As for what specific opinions this commander had about him, Chen Xi didn't want to know. From the beginning, he had not been prepared to recruit troops from the six provinces to fight. After all, he came to suppress the rebellion and complete the errands assigned by the emperor. As for making achievements, he could not even be sure of himself, let alone guarantee anyone.
Su Jingyang and Wang He are both commanders of the province. They do not care about military affairs within the province and insist on following Chen Xi to fight because they attach importance to such opportunities.
When they learned that the Guangxi Dusi Yamen came to the experience of the Ministry of Education, Su and Wang were very angry. In their opinion, the Guangxi Dusi Commander was disrespectful to Chen Xi, which was disrespectful to them. He was angry and wanted to go into the city to capture people in front of Chen Xi, and question them carefully, what was the reason he dared to be so arrogant.
It doesn't matter to Chen Xi. He did not plan to bring the troops from Guangxi Dusi to fight, and he had planned to use Lingui as the last stop for this battle in the south.
Chen Xi was humble in the face of the people from the Sansi of Guangxi: "I will know each other after I go back, and then said that I will not go to the city in the past few days. If there is any emergency military service, I can submit it to me temporarily. If the rebels approach, I will make corresponding arrangements."
"As for the welcome matters, there is no need to prepare. The city defense official does not intend to take over, everything is as usual!"
The representatives of the three corps looked at each other, not understanding what Chen Xi said... In their opinion, Chen Xi passed through the city and did not enter, probably because he was dissatisfied with the place. As for where Chen Xi's dissatisfaction came from, they didn't understand, so they could only write down what Chen Xi said, and report to their respective Shangguans after they went back.
The visitors from Lingui City did not spend the night in the camp. After bringing their boss's words to the city, they returned to the city to report their lives.
Chen Xi asked someone to sort out the things sent from the city, and Wang He was a little unwilling to accept it: "Sir, why didn't the commander of Guangxi come to you personally? You are the Minister of War. This time, you sent troops to rescue Lingui. He dared to defend the city like this and dare to be so arrogant to the adults?"
Su Jingyang was also indignant: "Yes, sir, why don't you catch this person and ask him carefully to see how much face he is!"
Chen Xi shook his head: "It seems like I have to meet someone... How about the Guangxi army is like? That's their own business. Although I was ordered by the emperor to transfer troops from the six southwest provinces, I was always the governor of Huguang and Jiangxi provinces, and Guangxi local affairs. I don't want to intervene too much. The commander has not arrived, maybe there is an emergency military service in the city, so I just think he is doing his duty!"
Su Jingyang and Wang He sounded awkward. When they looked at each other, they never expected that Chen Xi was so easy to talk to.
Since Chen Xi didn't want to care, the two felt that they would seem petty if they said anything, so they simply stopped expressing their personal opinions and left the tent of the Central Army after saluting.
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It was late at night and the camp was quiet. Chen Xi listened to the whistling wind outside, sat behind the Shuai Case, and frowned and thought about the changes in the war situation in the southwest.
"well!"
After a long time, Chen Xi sighed and put down the homemade quill in his hand. On the white paper in front of him, he wrote a lot of things, including the names of the rebellious ethnic minorities in the southwest that he obtained during this period, the general location of the parable, and the movements of many rebels.
After sorting it out for a long time, Chen Xi was still confused and murmured to himself: "As the way, it seems that the rebellion has come to an end. The southwest of Huguang and northern Guangxi were in full swing. How could it be easily resolved after I sent troops? It seemed that someone helped me behind it..."
Chen Xi felt a little strange. It was as if he had divine help from the way south. The rebels seemed to be in internal struggle. People kept coming to inform them of the trends, but the informants were not the same as Yun Liu and Xier's factory guards.
"It can only be explained that some of the rebels are unwilling to continue to be enemies with the court and want to accept the court's amnesty. Without violating the principle of the betrayal alliance, they secretly informed the official army, so that the rebel movements are all within my control!"
Chen Xi wanted to know which tribe was showing kindness to him, but judging from the current situation, there was no clue. The only situation was that on the way south to Liuzhou Prefecture, he had seen people from Miao villages outside Huaiyuan City. As for the differences and connections between these Miao people and Dong rebels, and other Miao village rebels, he was completely unaware of them.
"grown ups!"
Just as Shen Xi was thinking about something, a voice came from outside the curtain. He looked up and saw Yun Liu standing at the door, saluting him.
Chen Xi looked at Yunliu and asked, "When did you come in?"
Yunliu was a little curious: "Sir, didn't you send someone out to inform Bei Zhi to come and meet?"
Chen Xi was a little confused. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile with a bitter smile on his face. He forgot what he had just explained. He had no memory anymore. He shook his head and muttered to himself: "What's wrong with these days? Are you almost at the level of a demonic obstacle?"
"Um!"
Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "Come in, can you investigate what information you have found around Lingui?"
Yun Liu then entered the central army's tent, came to a five-step distance in front of Chen Xi, and replied respectfully: "Sir Hui, as you said, there are no traces of rebels around Lingui forty or fifty miles. Bei Zhi has sent people to continue investigating in depth. There is no result at present. It seems that the rebels are likely to withdraw!"
Chen Xi nodded again, stroked his chin and asked, "Why did the rebels retreat?"
Yunliu was surprised. In the past, Chen Xi thought about things and would not discuss them with the people under her command. The question asked this time seemed to be Chen Xi talking to himself.
But since Chen Xi asked, Yun Liu could only answer: "It is probably because of your arrival that the rebels knew that you were invincible in the battles and fought against each other in the north and the north, so they dared not offend them, so they withdrew their troops early. Furthermore, the rebels knew that they could not capture Lingui in a short time, and withdrawing troops was the best choice for them."
Chen Xi smiled without comment.
Yun Liu was a little uneasy, worried that his analysis was wrong and that it would have a negative impact on Chen Xi's consideration of the problem, and his face was full of nervousness.
The big tent suddenly became quiet, Chen Xi did not speak, and Yun Liu did not dare to speak.
After a while, Chen Xi suddenly asked again: "Have you not rested for another two days?"
Yun Liu suddenly remembered that she fell asleep directly in Shen Xi's tent last time. A red glow appeared on her pretty face, and she lowered her head and said, "Sir, I have been resting for more than an hour at noon!"
Chen Xi looked up with a warm smile on his face. After looking at Yun Liu for a while, he suddenly put down the paper and pen at hand, got up and walked around Shuai Chou, came to Yun Liu, gently stroked Yun Liu's cheek with the back of his hand, and said:
"After these days I came out, I always sleep in the open and couldn't rest well. I feel that you are much haggard. Maybe I don't care enough for you!"
In such a situation, how could Yunliu continue to regard herself as a soldier who specializes in investigating information in the military? She was shy, had a fever on her neck, and had a slight nod: "It's my duty to do these..."
Chen Xi said gently: "Thank you so hard."
After saying that, Chen Xi suddenly became cold again, turned around and returned to the desk without looking back: "I had someone to have someone prepare to bathe in my tent, put it in my bedding. Go over and take a shower on your own. I will go back and rest later..."
Yun Liu instantly understood what Chen Xi meant, and her heart was "beat" and jumped around without fighting.
Just when she didn't know how to answer, Chen Xi said again: "Most of the things involved in this journey are official business, so I can only act with pride, for fear of making mistakes and resigning responsibility for the court. Now that we are in Lingui, the court has assigned responsibilities to a close, and you don't have to work too hard. These days, you are in the camp with peace of mind. If I have anything to do, I will send you to do it and no longer have to run around outside..."
Even though Chen Xi didn't say anything considerate at this time, Yun Liu still enjoyed it very much.
For Yunliu, what she cares most about is not how much credit she can make or how much reward she can give. What she cares most about is to get Chen Xi’s recognition and pamper her more, so that she can be like a normal woman, cherished and cared for by a man, rather than having duckweed never have a home.
Yun Liu saluted respectfully: "Yes, sir!"
"Call me!"
Chapter completed!